{"id":121052,"date":"2023-11-05T05:03:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T05:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/articles\/video-the-future-of-manufacturing-and-how-industries-are-adapting\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T19:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:50:37","slug":"video-the-future-of-manufacturing-and-how-industries-are-adapting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/video-the-future-of-manufacturing-and-how-industries-are-adapting\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The future of manufacturing and how industries are adapting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Learning objectives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected manufacturing.<\/li>\n<li>Learn what areas are likely to remain a challenge for manufacturing industries in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Discover how industrial customer demands are changing.<\/li>\n<li>Review manufacturers\u2019 spending priorities.<\/li>\n<li>Consider how survey respondents\u2019 views and outlook may influence your plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VTW: The future of manufacturing: How industries are adapting in 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AY9RXkWI6Sc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a survey of manufacturing leaders to see how they adapted to the unusual 2020 business landscape, 87% of respondents have had key markets disrupted by COVID-19, and 58% have a positive outlook for 2021. Join us to discuss key findings from the survey including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manufacturers in general took a cash flow hit from COVID-19; less than 7% in our survey reported being unaffected by the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>Supply chains continue to be the biggest single challenge, with capital still a concern going into 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Faced with changing customer demands, many manufacturers are looking to increase their marketing efforts. It\u2019s the number one spending priority in our survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Presenters:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Art Wittmann<\/p>\n<p>Art Wittman is editor of NetSuite\u2019s Brainyard. He previously led content strategy across a major U.S. publishing company\u2019s technology brands covering topics such as channel partners, data centers, containers, information technology, Internet of Things (IoT) and network computing. \u00a0Wittman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master\u2019s Degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Davidson<\/p>\n<p>With more than 10 years at NetSuite, Gavin Davidson is industry product manager for manufacturing and distribution. In this role, he helps drive new functionality in the NetSuite product roadmap and communicates this to the market, customer, prospects, partners and employees. He has also served as a solution consultant and vertical market expert in his time at NetSuite. 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